The zoo was in an uproar
the rabbits stamped their feet,
the pigs expressed displeasure,
the gnus refused to eat,

“Disgraceful!” gabbed the gibbons,
“Barbaric!” boomed a bear,
“Distressing!” wept a leopard,
the ferrets fumed, “Unfair!”
 

“Repellant!” puled a puma,
“Bizarre!” a badger bawled,
the donkeys were disgusted,
the pandas were appalled,
the camels ran for cover,
a turtle fled her shell,
the seals stayed underwater,
a walrus felt unwell.
 

“How wicked!” whined a weasel,
“Uncalled for!” cawed the crows,
the tigers lost their tempers,
a polecat held his nose,
“Unseemly!” screamed the eagles,
the lions roared with wrath,
that day the hippopotamus
forgot to take a bath.